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[r1ckyjuk]

hello people im ricky from london uk,i have a female vield cham shes about a year old now and she aint layed no eggs yet,about 3 months ago i noticed she was at the bottem of the viv alot diggin,so i put loads of damp play sand and she still aint layed no eggs and in the last 2 days shes been falling off some of the vines i have in the viv could any one shed some info as what you think i should do.
she's eating fine and im isting her 3 to 4 times a day with warm water and she drinks it no problem.
ive also notice on the bottem of her mouth theres a little lump under the skin.
has any one elese had and problems like this??
ill take some picture's of her in the morning and ill let you guys tell me what you think.

thanks for you time reading my essay lol please reply thank you

Ricky

 

[kinyonga]

IMHO you need to get her to a vets ASAP.

First of all, not providing a female egglaying chameleon with an appropriate place to lay eggs can lead to eggbinding. The signs that they are ready to lay are fairly subtle to those not experienced with chameleons...so once they are sexually mature, its important to have this set up already.

She could be eggbound or she might have MBD or she could have some other issues....you need a vet to tell you what's going on.

Is she exposed to UVB light from either a tube light or the sun? Does the UVB pass through glass or plastic?

What brands of supplements do you use and how often?
Do you gutload the insects and feed them well? With what? (Please give the brands if you use any commercial feeds,etc.)

Good luck!

 

[pedro92]

dear kinyonga.... ricky said he did put something for cham to dig in. so idk why she wont lay eggs. i agree take to vet.

 

[r1ckyjuk]

the uv light tube is in side the viv and i gutload the locuste with potato skins,fish flakes,spinich and i dust them with nutrobal calcium

she also eats strawberrys,grapes,qukumba,spinach

i dont know of any vets near me that will see to a cham if any one in the uk that nows a vet that will check my cham please tell

she dosent seem to be in any stress as she is still verry colorfull and is active around the viv,i realy need to take some pictures so you guys and girls can see her

 

[kinyonga]

pedro92...you asked..."dear kinyonga.... ricky said he did put something for cham to dig in. so idk why she wont lay eggs"...there could be a number of reasons why she didn't....I'm not a vet so this is coming from what I have read/heard/experienced...(only a vet might be able to give you the answer)...
1)The female may not have found the place suitable in her "opinion"...it might have been too warm or the moisture level not acceptable, etc.
2)The timing might have been off...if she was ready to lay the eggs for a while before the sand was placed in the cage, by the time the sand was there she might have been passed the time she was able to lay them.
4) If a female veiled sees you watching her if she digs (and I forgot to ask if she had even been digging) she will abandon the hole thinking that its not a safe place to lay the eggs.
3) If she has/had MBD she may have not had the "strength" to lay them. Calcium not only plays a part in bone health, but in muscle contractions too.

r1ckyjuk...did she ever dig at all? (I should have asked that in the first post.)

You said..."i gutload the locuste with potato skins,fish flakes,spinich and i dust them with nutrobal calcium"...spinach binds the calcium so I don't use it to gutload the insects with. Acceptable greens/veggies to use include dandelions, kale, collards, endive, escarole, mustard greens, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, etc. I don't use nubrobal....and I know I have looked it up several times but can't remember what it has in it in the way of calcium, phos., vitamin D3 and preformed vitamin A....maybe you can tell me, please? You should also look at the fish flakes for those 4 things.

You said..."she also eats strawberrys,grapes,qukumba,spinach"...she can eat most of what I said you could give to the insects as well as apples, pears, berries, and melon, etc.

You said..."she dosent seem to be in any stress as she is still verry colorfull and is active around the viv,i realy need to take some pictures so you guys and girls can see her"...its good to hear that she is active and colorful....might not be eggbound then...I know there have been cases of chameleons reabsorbing their eggs....and if their diet is controlled, they may not even lay/produce eggs.

You also said in the previous post..."ive also notice on the bottem of her mouth theres a little lump under the skin"...can't tell you what this is...but the vet should be able to. There are many possibilities.

 

[pedro92]

kinyonga asked ricky if she has been digging in rickys very first post he said she was digging

 

[pedro92]

kinyonga asked ricky if she has been digging in rickys very first post he said she was digging

 

[chameloman72]

He said, she said, what the heck is going on here??!!

 

[kinyonga]

Well...what can I say!!?? C'est la vie!

 

[r1ckyjuk]

thanks for the replys,she was digging about 3 months ago and then it stoped up untill a couple of days ago i noteiced that she was in the bottem of the viv digging and some times i see her fall,but she seams to be fine her grip is still strong when i take her out of the viv she claws me to bits

 

[r1ckyjuk]

here's some pictures ive just taken

 

[kristytia]

vets in london

Hi im from the uk aswell. if you put into google retile vets it will come up with a list there is about 3 in london and some outside london. good luck with finding one